{"id":833934,"date":"2026-05-31T05:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T05:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/833934\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T05:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T05:45:20","slug":"nyc-schools-chancellor-kamar-samuels-makes-363k-more-than-mayor-mamdani-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/833934\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels makes $363K &#8212; more than Mayor Mamdani: source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels makes an eye-watering $363,000 a year, The Post has learned. <\/p>\n<p>His boss, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is paid $258,750 by city taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The schools chancellor received an over $100,000 raise from his district superintendent job when <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/03\/us-news\/mamdani-schools-chancellor-pick-an-idiot-and-ideologue-source\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamdani hand-picked him to run the Department of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39532925\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kamar-samuels-new-yorks-incoming-129120575.jpg\" alt=\"Kamar Samuels speaking at a podium with &quot;A NEW ERA for NEW YORK CITY&quot; on it, with three people standing behind him.\" class=\"wp-image-39532925\"  \/>New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels makes $363,000 a year, The Post has learned.  Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.25030525;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39532924\" width=\"738\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/new-york-city-mayor-zohran-128997229.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani\" class=\"wp-image-39532924\"  \/>Samuels makes more than Mamdani, who is paid $258,750 by city taxpayers. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/29\/us-news\/jpmorgan-chases-jamie-dimon-shares-what-he-told-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City Hall<\/a> has not publicly disclosed Samuels\u2019 pay, and declined multiple requests by The Post to confirm his salary \u2014 a move good government groups found baffling. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this data\u2019s not public, this is definitely not transparent, this is not the city people promised us. Wasn\u2019t transparency one of Mamdani\u2019s calls to action? We\u2019d love to see that transparency,\u201d Empire Center President Zilvinas Silenas told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mamdani and the DOE did not return The Post\u2019s multiple attempts for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels makes an eye-watering $363,000 a year, The Post has learned. 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